Libby here!

I am the smallest member of the Iditarod K-9 team of reporters. I weigh about 8 pounds. I am four years old so I am ‘all grown up’!

I am an Alaskan Klee Kai, which is a miniature sled dog. Some humans think that I look a lot like a Siberian. My breed began in Alaska and you can find lots of information about my breed by doing a search on the Internet.

I was born in Texas. I moved to South Dakota. I love to travel and learn about lots of different topics. When I was young, I wanted to be a ‘show dog’. I tried hard to learn the skills, but after many months of practice, I decided that line of work wasn’t for me. I loved the way everyone would look at me in the show ring. It made me so happy that I would start to spin when I walked instead of walking in a straight line when my human would say, ‘Heal”.

I am very special and I like to dress up fancy sporting hats, coats, and sparkly jewelry. Show dogs don’t get to wear those special costumes, so being a reporter is probably a much better job for me. Humans and people should choose a job that they like. I have lots of ideas of what I can be someday. I’m exploring my options.

I decided with my love of travel and my love of telling everyone about what I see and do, I should go to K-9 journalism school. I met Zuma and the other team members at school and had so much fun brainstorming about project ideas that I decided I wanted to be a member of this team. My dream of being a K-9 fashion model will have to wait until I see how this career works out.

My job on this team will be to tell you about ‘little’ things that are interesting. That doesn’t mean everything I write about is little - like me! It could be that I write about a big thing, but it is a detail that you will find interesting. You can call me the little reporter who is in charge of big details!

I hope you like my stories. Leave me comments at this blog. I can’t wait to hear from you!

Just spinning some de’tails’!

Libby